Comprehensive
Hi,
1)I'm a bit confused when it comes to the word 'comprehensive'. One native speaker told me that it's perfectly all right if I use it when describing an exam or a course where students have to put up with a lot of materials but a different person disagreed. Is this word suitable or should I opt for something else? What would be the opposite of 'comprehensive (course, exam)'?
2)If you are in a classroom with other students and you see that there's a bit of rivalry among the students, one could call it animosity, would you use the word 'unravel' or 'develop'?
"Some of the students began bickering because they all wanted to write an essay on the same topic. It was our first class but I could already see a bit of rivalry developing/arising/unravelling among them." If you have other suggestions, please share them with me. I'd really appreciate it.
Thank you. ??
Top answer
To say that a course is comprehensive suggests that it covers every aspect of its subject. That is probably not true, but the word is OK if it is almost true. Perhaps you want "intensive" instead.
- To say that a course is comprehensive suggests that it covers every aspect of its subject.
- That is probably not true, but the word is OK if it is almost true.
- Perhaps you want "intensive" instead.
- To speak of an exam as comprehensive is not ideal, because there is a specific exam called simply a comprehensive (not "comprehensive exam"), but an exam can indeed be rather comprehensive without being a comprehensive.
- "Unravel" means to come apart.
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To say that a course is comprehensive suggests that it covers every aspect of its subject. That is probably not true, but the word is OK if it is almost true. Perhaps you want "intensive" instead. To speak of an exam as comprehensive is not ideal, because there is a specific exam called simply a comprehensive (not "comprehensive exam"), but an exam can indeed be rather comprehensive without be
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